| Rich Ridge | W Madison County near the head of Jones Branch. |
| Rich Square | town in S Northampton County. Inc. 1869. Alt. 78. Settled about 1750 by Quakers from Virginia. Meeting organized in 1753 and Meeting House completed in 1760. A deed in 1761 to Thomas Hunter refers to "a tract of land called rich square," probably referring to the fertility of the soil. Appears as Richsquare on the Price map, 1808. Inc. 1883. Produces apparel. |
| Rich Square Township | SE Northampton County. |
| Rich Top | mountain in E Haywood County between Harbon Cove and Silvers Cove Creek. |
| Richards | See Crown Stream. |
| Richards Mill | on the Collet map, 1770, was located on a tributary of the Pasquotank River in what is now N Pasquotank County. The stream was located approx. 12 to 15 mi. NW of the present Knobbs Creek but has long since left its streambed to become a part of the surrounding marsh. |
| Richardson | community in SW Bladen County. |
| Richardson Creek | rises in S Rutherford County and flows S into Broad River. P. H. Richardson operated a gold mine on the creek in the 1830s. |
| Richardson Creek | rises in S Union County, flows NE into NW Anson County, and enters Rocky River on the Stanly County line. |
| Richardson Creek | community in N Union County on the E side of Richardson Creek. |